FE REPORT | 2023-07-24 00:00:00
Major salt manufacturers have sought to raise the price of salt even as the country witnessed record production of the kitchen item. They claimed that providing edible vacuum salt to customers has become challenging, as they are facing a loss...
Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds", reports Reuters.In a post on the site, the social media platform's billionaire...
Bangladesh and Japan inked three memorandum of understandings (MoUs) to enhance bilateral trade and investment between the two countries, reports BSS.The MoUs were signed at a daylong summit on "Bangladesh-Japan economic relations for the next 50 years: for the industry...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said that Japan wants to make investment in the mega projects of Bangladesh, reports BSS. He also said that Japan has expressed its keen interest in staying besides Bangladesh through enhancing trade and investment to...
NEW DELHI, July 23 (Reuters): India's aviation regulator on Friday gave its nod to Go Airlines (India) to resume operations if it can meet certain conditions, including getting interim funding and approval of its flight schedule, an order viewed by...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (AFP): After a wildly successful first few days, Threads popularity has waned in the weeks since Meta launched its challenge to Twitter, which lives on despite its problems.The average amount of time people spend on Threads...
SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters): Chinese oil refineries, led by heavyweight Sinopec, are set to boost Brazilian crude imports in the third quarter to replace some of the Saudi Arabian supply it cut after the kingdom hiked prices, industry sources said.China,...
BAMBOLIM, India, July 23 (Reuters): The Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in India failed on Saturday to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels following objections by some producer nations.Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies' foot-dragging...
Russia strikes Odesa city hoursbefore Putin-Lukashenko talksKYIV, July 23: The Ukrainian port city of Odesa came under renewed Russian missile attack early Sunday, just hours before President Vladimir Putin was due to hold a summit with his staunch Belarus ally...
MOSCOW, July 23 (BBC): A mercenary who took part in the attempted mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin says he and his fellow fighters "didn't have a clue" what was going on.In the space of just 24 hours, the leader...
PHNOM PENH, July 23 (AFP): Cambodia's ruling party declared on Sunday that it was on course for a "landslide" victory in an election where all meaningful opposition to long-time ruler Hun Sen was eliminated before polling day.The 70-year-old former Khmer...
KABUL, July 23 (AFP/AP): The death toll from overnight flash floods caused by torrential rain in central Afghanistan has risen to 26, with more than 40 people missing, officials said Sunday.Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the State Ministry for Disaster Management,...
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is all set to be fined 75 per cent of her match fee and handed four demerit points for her behavior in the third ODI against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city on...
COLOMBO, July 23 (AFP): Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood believes his team will "come out fighting" to level the two-match series and beat Pakistan in the second Test starting Monday in Colombo.Pakistan arrived in Sri Lanka without a Test win...
Players of Janata Bank Limited chess team who became champions of the Inter Bank Chess Team Championship-2023 for 2nd time, met Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Janata Bank Md Abdul Jabbar at a programme in the city recently....
Following the recently-concluded three-match T20 and three-match ODI series of the Bangladesh Women's cricket team against India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a generous bonus of BDT 3.5 million for the team, including the best performers and team...
OSAKA, Japan, July 23 (AFP): Paris Saint-Germain captain Marquinhos said Sunday he hoped the club would solve its dispute with Kylian Mbappe and welcome the France superstar back into the squad for the upcoming season.Mbappe was left out of a...
SYDNEY, July 23 (AFP): Perennial underachievers France were held 0-0 by Jamaica to make a frustrating start to their Women's World Cup campaign on Sunday, but Sweden and the Netherlands both won by slender margins.France have never lifted the World...
Nazmul Hassan Papon, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reiterated his board's stance to keep Tamim Iqbal as captain of the team in the upcoming World Cup, reports BSS.Tamim's retirement issue and then the reversal of the decision following...
JAMALPUR, July 23 (UNB): Miscreants stabbed a former union parishad (UP) member to death in Madarganj upazila of Jamalpur on Saturday night.Police detained seven people over the incident.The dead, Jahurul Islam (50), was a resident of Phuljhor village and was...
BARISHAL, July 23 (UNB): Workers of Sonargaon Textile Mill in Barishal blocked the Dhaka-Patuakhali highway in front of their factory for an hour on Sunday protesting the recent layoff and demanding arrears and salaries.Hundreds of vehicles were stranded on both...
NARAYANGANJ, July 23 (UNB): Three people sustained severe burn injuries in a gas cylinderexplosion at a house in Fatullah upazila of Narayanganj in the early hours of Sunday.The injured Alam (35), Ramjan (22) and Rifat (22) are house painters by...
Workers under the banner of AFCCL (Ashuganj Fertiliser and Chemical Company Limited) Sramik and Karmachari Union in Brahmanbaria formed a human chain in front of the main gate of the factory on Sunday, demanding immediate gas supply to the factory...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-07-24 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, July 23: For want of passenger bus service from Haimchar Upazila Sadar to Chandpur district town, Cumilla, Dhaka, Chattogram and Sylhet, several hundred people of the bordering Faridganj and Roypur upazilas have been suffering acutely for the past four...
FE REPORT | 2023-07-24 00:00:00
The High Court on Sunday stayed the proceedings to allot five acres of hill class land of Jhilongja Mouza in Cox's Bazar for a housing project for the journalists. It also asked the bodies concerned to submit a report with...
COX'S BAZAR, July 23 (UNB)-The 20-year-long master plan to transform the tourism city Cox's Bazar into a modern and smart city is likely to be initiated next month.The Cox's Bazar Development Authority (CoxDA) is ready to prepare a master plan...
Investment in primary healthcare is a prerequisite for a country's social development. However, our public hospitals are often overburdened and understaffed. The state of the upazila health complexes is also pathetic. As government hospitals often have poor service and unhygienic...
The research culture in Bangladesh does not give a rosy picture. Most graduate and postgraduate students do not know how to think critically and analyse things. Students mainly concentrate on reading materials and textbooks only. They do not try to...
Following Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), India has imposed a ban on export of all types of rice except aromatic Basmati. If the two warring nations are responsible for producing and exporting the lion's share of...
Employing children in hazardous work had long been a contentious issue in the country, as elsewhere. After the government initiative taken a couple of years ago to eliminate the worst forms of child labour from eight export-oriented sectors, including the...
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